Wordpress Hosted Blogs Not All Free

Many bloggers probably start out with a free Wordpress hosted blog. But what happens when you want to move on to use your own domain name? Obviously domain registration costs some money but it seems a bit harsh that Wordpress then starts charging for the “upgrade” of using your own domain.

There is an alternative though, some hosting companies offer free hosting with php and MySQL included. I have tried a few of these out. Several hosting companies operate a cpanel interface with “Fantastico” which allows for easy installation of Wordpress. A word of warning though, some of the free hosting companies I have tried allow you to install wordpress but it fails to work.

The easiest and simplest thing is probably just to stick with a basic wordpress blog, or pay them the nominal annual amount to run your own domain name. The benefit of using Wordpress to host your blog is that you dont have to worry about upgrades so it is probably money well spent.

What Happened to the Epilog Blog Engine

Back in 2005 a keen developer by the name of Marten Veldthuis was trying to develop a new blog engine by the name of Epilog and the EpilogIT.com web site was the home of this project. Sadly the project got sidelined as Wordpress gained popularity and Epilog never made the grade as a commercial project.